Demystification of the Islamic Rule in
India, Part III

by Ibrahim Lone

28 Nov, 2008

In the second part of my presentation I gave on the numerous
atrocities on the native Indians by the Muslim Warlords and
iconoclasts. In the third part of the series of these articles I
will be giving you a few more examples where Muslim Rulers prove
what true Islam is all about. Far from being the religion of Peace
Islam is the epitome of tyranny and oppression. This is proved by
the action of Muslim rulers who act with hate in their hearts while
implementing the Sharia and the Quran down to the letter and spirit.

However I would like to remind you that History does not record all
the misdeeds of Tyrants. I have merely been able to touch the tip of
the iceberg in so far as Islamic tyranny is in India is concerned.
We have to remember that Islamic rule bled the Indian subcontinent
for a period of 700 years. Hence it is not possible for anyone to
ascertain the actual damage caused by the Islamic invasions and the
Islamic rule in India.

All we can do here is merely guess the tremendous atrocities that
native Indians must have faced during the times of the Islamic rule.

Name of the Book: Nuh Siphir

Name of the Historian: Amir Khusru About the Author: The above mentioned book is the fourth
historical mathnavi which Amir Khusru wrote when he was 67 years
old. It celebrates the reign of Sultan Mubarak Shah Khalji.

The Muslim Rulers he wrote about:

1. Sultan Mubarak Shah Khalji (AD 1315-1320)

Warrangal (Andhra Pradesh)

"They pursued the enemy to the gates and set everything on
fire. They burnt down all those gardens and groves. That paradise
of idol-worshippers became like hell. The fire-worshippers of
"Bud" were in alarm and flocked round their idols...”

Name of the Book: Siyaru'l-Auliya Name of the Historian: Sayyed Muhammad bin Mubarak bin
Muhammad About the Author: He was the grandson of an Iranian
merchant who traded between Kirman in Iran and Lahore. The family
traveled to Delhi after Shykh Farid's death and became devoted to
Shykh Nizamu'd-din Auliya.

The Muslim Rulers he wrote about:

1. Shykh Mu'in al-Din Chisti Ajmer (AD 1236)

Ajmer (Rajasthan)

"...Because of his Sword, instead of idols and temples in the
land of unbelief now there are mosques, mihrab amd mimbar. In
the land where there were the sayings of the idol-worshippers, there
is the sound of 'Allahu Akbar'...The descendants of those who were
converted to Islam in this land will live until Day of Judgment; so
too will those who bring others into the fold of Islam by the sword
of Islam. Until the Day of Judgment these converts will be in debt
of Shaykh al-Islam Mu'in al-din Hasam Sijzi..."

Name of the Book: Masalik'ul Absar fi Mamalik'ul
Amsar

Name of the Historian: Shihabu'd-Din 'Abu'l Abbas
Ahmed bin Yahya

About the Author:He was born in AD 1301. He was
educated in Damascus and Cairo. He is considered to be a great man
scholar of his time and author of many books. He occupied high
positions in Syria and Egypt.

The Muslim Rulers he wrote about:

1. Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq (AD 1325-1351)

"The Sultan is not slack in Jihad. He never lets go of his
spear or bridle in pursuing jihad by land and sea routes. This is
his main occupation which engages his eyes and ears. Five temples
have been destroyed and the images and idols of "Budd" have been
broken, and the lands have been freed from those who were not
included in the daru'l Islam that is, those who had refused to
become dhimmis. Thereafter he got mosques and places of worship
erected, and music replaced by call to prayers to Allah... The
Sultan who is ruling at present has achieved that which had not
been achieved so far by any king. He has achieved victory,
supremacy, conquest of countries, destruction of the infidels, and
exposure of magicians. He has destroyed idols by which the people
of Hindustan were deceived in vain..."

About the Author: He belonged to an Arab family which was
settled in Spain since AD 1312. His grandfather and father enjoyed
the reputation of scholars and theologians. He himself was a great
scholar who traveled extensively and over many lands. He came to
India in 1325 and visited many places. He was very fond of sampling
Hindu girls from different parts of India. They were presented to
him by the Sultan Mohammed bin-Tughlaq with whom Ibn Battuta came in
close contact. He also married Muslim women wherever he stayed and
divorced them before his departure.

His Travel description:

Delhi

"Near the eastern gate of the mosque, lie two very big idols of
copper connected together by stones. Every one who comes in and
goes out of the mosque treads over them. On the site of this
mosque was a Budhkhana that is an idol-house. After the conquest
of Delhi, it was turned into a mosque..."

Name of the Book: Tarikh-i-Firuz

Name of the Historian: Shams Siraj Alif

About the Author: The author became a courtier of
Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq and undertook to complete the
aforementioned history of Barani who had stopped at the sixth year
of Firuz Shah's reign.

The Muslim Rulers he wrote about:

Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (AD 1351-1388)

Puri (Orissa)

"The Sultan left Banaras with the intention of pursuing the
Rani of Jajnagar, who had fled to an island in the river...News
was then brought that in the jangal were seven elephants, and one
old shoe-elephant, which was very fierce. The Sultan resolved upon
endeavoring to capture these elephants before continuing the
pursuit of the Rai... After the hunt was over, the Sultan directed
his attention to the Rai of Jajnagar, and entering the palace
where he dwelt he found many fine buildings. It is reported that
inside the Rai's fort, there was a stone idol which the infidels
called Jagannath, and to which they paid their devotions. Sultan
Firoz, in emulation of Mahmud Subuktign, having rooted up the
idol, carried it away to Delhi where he placed it in an
ignominious position."

Nagarkot Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)

"...Sultan Muhammad Shah bin Tughlaq and Sultan Firuz Shah
Tughlaq were sovereigns especially chosen by Almighty from among
the faithful, and in their whole course of their reigns, wherever
they took an idol temple they broke and destroyed it.."

Delhi

"A report was brought to the Sultan that there was in Delhi an
old Brahmin who persisted in publicly performing the worship of
idols in his house; and that people of the city, both Musalmans
and Hindus, used to resort to his house to worship the idol. The
Brahmin had constructed a wooden tablet which was covered within
and without with paintings of demons and other objects. An order
was accordingly given that the Brahmin, with his tablet, should be
brought into the presence of the Sultan at Firozabad. The judges
and doctors and elders and lawyers were summoned, and the case of
the Brahman was submitted for their opinion. Their reply was that
the provisions of the Law were clear: the Brahmin must either
become a Musalman or be burned. The true faith was declared to the
Brahmin, and the right course pointed out, but he refused to
accept it. Orders were given for raising a pile of faggots before
the door of the durbar (court). The Brahmin was tied hand and foot
and cast into it; the tablet was thrown on top and the pile was
lighted. The writer of this book was present at the durbar and
witnessed the execution. The tablet of the Brahmin was lighted in
two places, at his head and at his feet; the wood was dry and the
fire first reached his feet, and drew him a cry, but the flames
quickly enveloped his head and consumed him. Behold the Sultan's
strict adherence to law and rectitude, how he would not deviate in
the least from its decrees!"

Here Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq glorifies his own criminal acts in
Bharat as sanctioned by the "holy" Koran.

Name of the Book: Futuhat-i-Firuz Shahi

Name of the Historian: Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq

About the Author: Sultan had got the eight chapters of
his work inscribed on eight slabs of stone which were fixed on eight
sides of the octagonal dome of a building near the Jami Masjid at
Firuzabad.

Prayers of Temple-destroyers in this Book

"The next matter which by God's help I accomplished was the
repetition of names and titles of former sovereigns which had been
omitted from the prayers of Sabbaths and Feasts. The names of
those sovereigns of Islam, under whose happy fortune and favor
infidel countries had been conquered, whose banners had waved over
many a land, under whom idol-temples had been demolished, and
mosques and pulpits built and exalted..."

Delhi and Environs

"The Hindus and idol-worshippers had agreed to pay the money
for toleration (zar-i zimmiya) and had consented to the poll-tax (jiziya)
in return for which they and their families enjoyed security.
These people now erected new idol-temples in the city and the
environs in opposition to the law of the Prophet which declares
that such temples are not to be tolerated. Under divine guidance I
destroyed these edifices and I killed those leaders of infidelity
who seduced others into error, and the lower orders I subjected to
stripes and chastisement, until this abuse was entirely abolished.
The following is an instance: In the village of Maluh, there is a
tank which they call kund (tank). Here they had built idol-temples
and on certain days the Hindus were accustomed to proceed thither
on horseback and wearing arms. Their women and children also went
out in palanquins and carts. Then they assembled in thousands and
performed idol-worship....when intelligence of this came to my
ears my religious feelings prompted me at once to put a stop to
this scandal and offence to the religion of Islam. On the day of
the assembly I went there in person and I ordered that the leaders
of these people and the promoters of these abominations should be
put to death. I destroyed their idol-temples and instead thereof
raised mosques."

Gohana (Haryana)

"Some Hindus had erected a new idol-temple in the village of
Kohana and the idolaters used to assemble there and perform their
idolatrous rites. These people were seized and brought before me.
I ordered that the perverse conduct of the leaders of this
wickedness should be publicly proclaimed, and that they should be
put to death before the gate of the palace. I also ordered that
the infidel books, the idols and the vessels used in their
worship, which had been taken with idols, should all be publicly
burnt. The others were restrained by threats and punishments, as a
warning to all men, that no zimmi could follow such wicked
practices in a Muslaman country."

Name of the Book:Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi

Name of the Historian: Yahya Ammad bin Abdullah
Sirhindi

About the Author: The author lived in the reign of
Sultan Muizu'd-Din Abu'l Fath Mubarak Shah (AD 1421-1434) of the
Sayyid dynasty which ruled at Delhi from AD 1414-1451.

The Muslim Rulers he wrote about:

Sultan Shamsu'd-Din Iltutmish (AD 1210-1236)

Vidisha and Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)

"In AH 631 he invaded Malwa, and after suppressing the rebels
of that place, he destroyed that idol-temple which had existed
there for the past three hundred years. Next he turned towards
Ujjain and conquered it, and after demolishing the idol-temple of
Mahakal, he uprooted the statue of Bikramajit together with all
other statues and images which were placed on pedestals, and
brought them to the capital where they were laid before the Jami
Masjid for being trodden under foot by the people."

Name of the Book:Tarikh-i-Muhammadi Name of the Historian: Muhammad Bihamad Khani About the Author:The author was the son of the governor
of Irich in Bundelkhand. He was a soldier who participated in
several wars. His history covers a long period - from Prophet
Mohammed to AD 1438-39

The Muslim Rulers he wrote about:

Sultan Ghiyasu'd-Din Tughlaq Shah II (AD 1388-89)

Kalpi (Uttar Pradesh)

"In the meanwhile Delhi received news of the defeat of the
armies of Islam which were with Malikzada Mahmud bin Firuz
Khan...This Malikzada reached the bank of the Yamuna via Shahpur
and renamed Kalpi which was the abode and center of the infidels
and the wicked, as Muhammadabad, after the name of Prophet
Muhammed. He got mosques erected for the worship of Allah in
places occupied by temples, and made that city his capital. "

Sultan Nasiru'd-Din Mahmud Shah Tughlaq (AD 1389-1412)

Prayag and Kara (Uttar Pradesh)

"The Sultan moved with the armies of Islam towards Prayag and
Arail with the aim of destroying the infidels, and he laid waste
both those places. The vast crowd which had collected at Prayag
for worshipping false gods was made captive. The inhabitants of
Kara were freed from the mischief of rebels on account of this aid
from King and the name of this king of Islam became famous by this
reason."

Another Moghul ruler by the name of Babur who was in love with a
young boy named Baburi glorifies his lecherously Islamic deeds in
the Babur-Nama.

Name of the Book: Babur-Nama

Name of the Author: Zahiru'd-Din Muhammed Babur

About the Author: The author of this book was the
founder of Mughal dynasty in India who proclaimed himself a Padshah
(Ruler) after his victory in the First Battle of Panipat (AD 1526),
and a Ghazi (killer of kafirs) after the defeat of Rana Sanga in the
Battle of Khanwa (AD 1528) While presenting himself as an
indefatigable warrior and drug-addict he does not hide the cruelties
he committed on the defeated people, particularly his fondness for
building towers of the heads of those he captured as prisoners of
war or killed in battle. He is very liberal in citing appropriate
verses from the Quran on the eve of the battle with Rana Sanga. In
order to ensure his victory, he makes a covenant with Allah by
breaking the vessels containing wine as also the cups for drinking
it, swearing at the same time that "he would break the idols of the
idol-worshippers in a similar manner". In the Fath-Nama (prayer for
victory) composed for him by Shykh Zain, Allah is described as
"destroyers of idols from their foundations" The language he uses
for his Hindu adversaries is typically Islamic.

Zahirud-Din Muhammed Babur Padshah Ghazi (AD 1526-1530)

Chanderi (Madhya Pradesh)

"In AH 934 (AD 1528), I attacked Chanderi and, by the grace of
Allah, captured it in a few hours. We got the infidels slaughtered
and the place which had been a daru'l-harb for years was made into
daru'l-Islam."

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)

"Next day, at the time of the noon prayer, we went out for
seeing those places in Gwalior which we had not seen yet. Going
out of the Hathipole Gate of the fort, we arrived at a place
called Urwa... Urwa is not a bad place it is an enclosed space.
Its biggest blemish is its statues. I ordered that they should be
destroyed..."